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ArticleThe New phytologist2021

A major quantitative trait locus on chromosome A9, BnaPh1, controls homoeologous recombination in Brassica napus.

Erin E Higgins, Elaine C Howell, Susan J Armstrong, Isobel A P Parkin

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Article in The New phytologist, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Erin E HigginsAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada.
Elaine C HowellSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Susan J ArmstrongSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7284-5702
Isobel A P ParkinAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5807-9466
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · CAUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J007633/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council G18621
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ensuring faithful homologous recombination in allopolyploids is essential to maintain optimal fertility of the species. Variation in the ability to control aberrant pairing between homoeologous chromosomes in Brassica napus has been identified. The current study exploited the extremes of such variation to identify genetic factors that differentiate newly resynthesised B. napus, which is inherently unstable, and established B. napus, which has adapted to largely control homoeologous recombination. A segregating B. napus mapping population was analysed utilising both cytogenetic observations and high-throughput genotyping to quantify the levels of homoeologous recombination. Three quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified that contributed to the control of homoeologous recombination in the important oilseed crop B. napus. One major QTL on BnaA9 contributed between 32 and 58% of the observed variation. This study is the first to assess homoeologous recombination and map associated QTLs resulting from deviations in normal pairing in allotetraploid B. napus. The identified QTL regions suggest candidate meiotic genes that could be manipulated in order to control this important trait and further allow the development of molecular markers to utilise this trait to exploit homoeologous recombination in a crop.

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Brassica napusChromosomes, PlantGenome, PlantPolyploidyQuantitative Trait LociBrassicacytogeneticshomoeologous recombinationmeiosispolyploidy

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